New threat to the Labeling Law in Argentina
Read moreWithin the framework of World Food Day, civil society organizations are warning about another potential setback to the Law for the Promotion of Healthy Eating, stemming from ongoing negotiations within MERCOSUR.
In April of this year, the Common Market Group (GMC) instructed Working Subgroup No. 3 to resume negotiations…We participated in the XVI Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean
Read moreFundeps took part in the XVI Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean, held from August 11 to 15 in Mexico City.
The Regional Conference on Women takes place every three years and is a key event to drive progress in gender equality across the region. It is a subsidiary body of the Economic Commission…
We held the second meeting “Networks of Commitment and Care”
Read moreMore than 40 healthcare professionals from across the province took part in the meeting held on August 2. It was a space for training and exchange aimed at strengthening access to sexual and reproductive health with a diversity perspective and a rights-based approach.
With the participation of more than 40 healthcare professionals,…A law for Córdoba to take the lead on healthy eating
Read moreFundeps and the Córdoba Association of Nutritionists have presented a bill to expand and ensure the full implementation of the Food Labeling Law in Córdoba. Among other measures, it establishes the prioritization of healthy foods in kiosks, school cafeterias, and public procurement for food programs, such as PAICor. With…
Historic: The Inter-American Court recognizes the human right to a healthy climate
Read moreAdvisory Opinion 32-25 of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACtHR) established the scope of States' obligations in protecting human rights in the face of the climate emergency. It was issued in response to the request made by Chile and Colombia and was the most participatory process in the history of the institution.…
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Civil society organizations call for public policies free from interference from the tobacco industry
The tobacco industry continues to meddle in public policy. Argentina still has not ratified the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control. Civil Society Organizations issued a Public Declaration warning about the importance of guaranteeing non-interference…

Digital strategies of the tobacco industry: how it is convincing us to buy its new products
The tobacco industry does not sleep and constantly reinvents itself: from new supposedly healthy products, to the ways of advertising them and reaching more and different audiences. We tell you in this note what are the main strategies and scapegoats…

Industry interference in the regulation of tobacco and nicotine products
It is not new that, based on different marketing strategies, the tobacco industry has been making us believe for more than 80 years that consuming its products will make us more cool, have more success in our lives or see ourselves much more…

We adhere to the statement against the aggression against environmental defenders at the UNC
Within the framework of the "Educational Forum: skills for global citizenship", the current and outgoing rector of the University, offended environmental defenders who were demonstrating before representatives of the Andean Development Corporation…

We participate in the Environment and Education Commission of the Provincial Legislature
On June 9 of this year, we were summoned, together with other representatives of civil society, to participate in the meeting of the Environment and Education Commission of the Provincial Legislature.
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Active Transparency: discussion on good practices and challenges
On Friday, June 3, the meeting Current practices and challenges in Active Transparency was held. The cases of Mendoza and the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires (CABA), organized by the group of NGOs that make up Fundeps, Nuestra Mendoza, the Center…